“Creatively Speaking: Some Strategies for the Preparation and Delivery of Oral Presentations.” (PDF) The Center for Teaching and Learning Newsletter, vol. 18, no. 1, Fall 2008.
The New York Times Politics Page
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric - An online resource on rhetorical terms and concepts
ProPublica: Journalism in the Public Interest - A good online, in-depth reporting site
American Rhetoric - A database of political speeches
Memeorandum - A collation of political websites and news
Pew Reseach Center - A resource for polls and information about American beliefs and attitudes
Citation Machine - A website that will help you create citations
Purdue Online Writing Laboratory Research and Citation Section - A great resource on how to use sources!
No One Writes Alone: Peer Review in the Classroom - A great video on peer review
Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society
Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do - A great TED Talk by Joshua Foer about how to remember ideas and information
Periodic Table of Rhetorical Figures - An interesting infographic on style
Rafael Reif Inaugural Address. YouTube.
Further Readings
Burke, Kenneith. “Terministic Screens.” In Language As Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1968. ISBN: 9780520001923. [Preview with Google Books]
———. “Definition of Man.” In Language As Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1968. ISBN: 9780520001923. [Preview with Google Books]
Lakoff, George. “Metaphor, Morality, and Politics, Or, Why Conservatives Have Left Liberals in the Dust.” Social Research vol 62, No. 2 (Summer 1995). 177-213.
Miller, Carolyn. “Genre as Social Action.” (PDF) Quarterly Journal of Speech 70 (1984). 151-167.
